Eyeglass-holder



(No Model.)

H. J. DALE.

EYEGLASS HOLDER.

No. 396.144. Patented Jan. 15, 1889.

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

EYEGLASS-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,144, dated January 15, 1889.

Application filed June 6, 1888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY .I. DALE, of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Eyeglass-Holder, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows the holder in position with the eyeglass placed therein. Fig. 2 shows the holder and the eyeglass in the act of being re moved therefrom, and 3 a sectional view of the holder.

A represents the main portion or back of the holder; B, the pin; (1, the eyeglass; a, the spring or hook with its end bent downward or inward toward the back, and a the indenture or aperture in the back of the holder. By means of this indenture or aperture the downward projection of the hook is recessed within the main portion of the holder or back A, so that its end is protected and prevents the glass from being removed by an upward movement.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction and utility of the eyeglassholder; and it consists in constructing it with the .point of the spring or hook recessed within the back, either by an aperture or an indentation, so as to protect the point and pre- Serial N5. 276,240. (No model.)

vent the glass from being removed by an upward motion.

This eyeglass-holder can be made of gold, silver, brass, steel, or other metal, and can be bent and shaped from one piece of metal, if desired; but preferably the pin can be made of a separate piece of metal and attached to the back of the holder, as is shown by Fig. 3 in the drawings. The point of the pin can be held and secured in any of the ordinary ways of securing the point of a safety-pin. Another advantage is that it has no projecting points to catch into lace or other fabrics that may be worn, and it is much lighter and simpler than other holders.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An eyeglass-holder consisting of a body portion, a safety-pin substantially parallel with thebody, an aperture or recess in the upper portion of the body, and a hook bent from the same piece of metal as the body of the holder, having its upper end bent downward and inward and shaped to fit in the recess in the upper portion of the body, substantially as described.

HENRY J. DALE.

In presence of CHAS. R. FRANOIs, SAMUEL E. DALE. 

